Showing posts with label Story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Story. Show all posts

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Looking for a bike? Try the Poliisi

In my search for a cheap and good bike I have been looking at different options. They have been from random people with fliers in the student buildings, to Huuto (the Finnish version of Ebay), to others like the repaired bikes at Aurinkotehdas. I have even considered buying from Amazon.co.uk, where I actually asked the Finnish customs officials at Tulli if I would have to pay additional import taxes (the answer to that was no).

However, later I found out that the Police Stations all over Finland organize auctions (huutokauppa) in order to get rid of different items that are either confiscated or lost and never reclaimed. The biggest of those auctions is the bike sales.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Job search in Finland 2009

During the time that I have been here in Finland I have met many foreigners who are looking for jobs. However, amonsgst the students that come here for studies many have the intention of going back to their home country and are not very motivated to find a job (other than cleaning jobs in Vikingline). From my experience you need to be very motivated and work hard to find work.

Here are some quick tips that I would recommend: